DES MOINES, Iowa — Bird flu has infected two more farms in Iowa, forcing the killing of 5.3 million hens and 88,000 turkeys, officials said Friday. The new cases mean that across the nation, farmers have had to kill about 22 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens but also including 1.8 million broiler chickens, 1.9 million pullet and other commercial chickens, …
Two million chickens will be killed in Delaware and Maryland and not processed for meat because staff are calling out sick amid coronavirus. The Delmarva Poultry Industry said that every poultry plant on the Delmarva Peninsula has struggled with a reduced worker attendance. The Delmarva Peninsula includes parts of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia It said the company was unable to …
